
Movies that feel likeThe Untouchables (1987)
If you loved The Untouchables, the closest films we have are Carlito's Way (1993), All the Money in the World (2017) and Operation Condor (1991). All three share The Untouchables' gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Hit (1984).
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If The Untouchables hit the spot, these will too

Brian De Palma directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Easier on the scale than The Untouchables

Gritty where it counts, epic underneath
The difference: 30 years apart, and the 2010s show

Crime built on tension, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to action than The Untouchables does

One thread runs through both: gangster
The difference: Trades the scale of The Untouchables for an angle of its own

The same preoccupation in both: prohibition era

Thriller with a pulse of grit, in both cases


Brian De Palma working the same nerve twice

Both lean on grit more than on crime

Both are built on the same subject: gangster

Tense thriller in both cases

Both working the same crime territory
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